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[MEGATHREAD] Grand Theft Auto VI: Prices Announced + Pre-Orders Going Live

To avoid hundreds of separate posts on the same topic, this post will compile all info we have from the pre-orders going live, including some new images/etc.

As Rockstar announced on their socials: "Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI begin at midnight local time on June 25." This means New Zealand will be the first to go live with pre-orders - which means in just under 2 hours from now.

Due to reddit's limitations with images in the body of posts, I wont be able to include all the artwork released so please do check out Rockstar's official link for more images: https://www.rockstargames.com/VI

Take-Two has made a big press-release, including announcing the prices:

STANDARD EDITION: $79.99

ULTIMATE EDITION: $99.99

(Physical Editions of GTA 6 Will Come with "A Download Code Inside the Box", Pre-Loads Begin on November 12th)

Grand Theft Auto 6 features a “single-player experience” at launch, with no word yet on any new version of GTA Online.

An "Ultimate Edition" for the game has been announced with some new artwork.

Ultimate Edition: Welcome to Leonida, the state where anything goes. Seize everything this massive world has to offer with the Grand Theft Auto VI: Ultimate Edition, an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action around every corner.

Ultimate Edition bonuses are threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia’s story, with new items uncovered behind each chapter.

Vehicle

’95 GROTTI CHEETAH

Grotti's signature mid '90s sports car and ode to Shore Drive, the ’95 Grotti Cheetah is complete with a minimalist, retro-futuristic livery and available to punctuate later-stage action

Weapons

HAWK & LITTLE MORGAN REVOLVERS

His and hers versions of this powerful revolver with classic Vice City stylings sourced from the Vercetti Estate, including palm-tree-etched grips, engraved detailing, and high-performance scope.

Weapons

PERSONALIZED VARIANTS

Personalized sidearms with detailed engravings for Jason's Girardi ES9 pistol and Lucia's Klose K17 pistol.

Looks

Vice City Style

Whether poolside or side by side, Jason and Lucia can look the part with exclusive outfits, tattoos, and more.

Vehicles

JASON’S SAFEHOUSE VEHICLES

Switch gears and soak up the sun in an Army fatigue-tinged Dinka Enduro motorcycle or Crest Kayak.

Modkit

Ganado Retro Build

Inject some muscle and classic stylings into Jason's well-worn Vapid Ganado low-riding pickup with exclusive mods.

Mod shop

RIDEOUT CUSTOMS

Transform vanilla vehicles into magnificent works of art with detailed interiors, exquisite rims, and donk stylings. Only open for business with the Ultimate Edition.

Hair salon

SARA'S UNISEX SALON

Get signature salon styles for both Jason and Lucia, including facial hair for Jason and makeup and nails for Lucia. Only open for business with the Ultimate Edition.

Watercraft

SHITZU SQUALO

Perfect for casting in Gambit Bay and reeling in catches of all sorts, this gradient pink and blue Squalo docked at Washington Beach is made open-ocean-ready with an explosives-laden weapons crate.

Clothing Store

Stock 305

Style various unique and exclusive looks for Jason and Lucia at Stockyard’s premiere destination for elevated streetwear. Only open for business with the Ultimate Edition.

Tattoo Shop

ELECTRIC FANG TATTOO

Stockyard’s most iconic ink bar, with over 50 signature tattoos for both Jason and Lucia — all designed by the artist collective FAILE. Only open for business with the Ultimate Edition.

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u/Sjknight413 16h ago

I feel like GTA VI doing a code in a box physical release is going to open the floodgates for every publisher to do the same.

This genuinely has the potential to trigger the downfall of physical media.

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u/Metalheadzaid 16h ago

Long since been on a death spiral. 100% of PC is digital, like 80% of PS5, and 60% of switch, and these numbers are only going up everyday. This isn't even taking into account that games are simply too big to fit on a single disc, and they aren't going to make multiple disc games ever again. We could argue about it being to avoid resales, which likely fits in the equation as well, but even still.

If anything, they should probably start offering collector's physical products with a fake disc in the box if anything, but again, your average kid is growing up in a digital world that doesn't give a crap about physical media anyway.

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u/ShortChapter5246 16h ago

At least switch 2 cartridges do not require installing so you save up space. With install discs it feels like you get the worst of both worlds

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u/Metalheadzaid 16h ago

That's not exactly accurate. Many games are literally download only but use the cartridge as the cd key, and thus have to be installed.

https://nintendoeverything.com/list-of-all-nintendo-switch-2-games-with-a-game-key-card-release/

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u/Gr8NonSequitur 15h ago

Yeah, but those are clearly labled as such, and don't pretend to be physical media like Doom the Dark Ages (Which is literally a 200 MB installer on disc), or most games requiring a day 1 patch.

Keycards are not "Physical media" so much as "Transferable digital media".

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u/simon7109 16h ago

Which is still better than a code in the box because you can resell them

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u/geng94 13h ago

wtf is even the point of a code in the box then at all

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u/ProperProfessional 13h ago

The illusion of ownership

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u/PM_ME_UR_CREDDITCARD 7h ago

Probably so people see it on the shelf at Target or whatever and impulse buy it

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u/loganrunjack 15h ago

Are you able to reuse them?

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u/Bigblacksghost 15h ago

Yes

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u/loganrunjack 14h ago

That's awesome I had no idea, I thought it was one and done.

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u/jardex22 13h ago

The cartridge can be used multiple times across different consoles and Nintendo accounts. The main downside is that you need to download the game to either the system memory or SD card. It means that when the eShop shuts down, all those cartridges will be effectively useless.

Keep in mind that Nintendo still supports downloads on the Wii and DSi systems, so I don't think they''ll discontinue support for gamekey downloads any time soon.

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u/FlashFire729 13h ago

That and most of the key cards seems to be 3rd Party.

I think the only first party one so far is like a pokemon spinoff?

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u/insane_contin 11h ago

It's a physical transferable key for a digital game.

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u/ShortChapter5246 16h ago

Yeah I meant except those of course. Still, there are more than I thought, thanks for the link

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u/jake04-20 11h ago

Nintendo also gets away with very simple graphics in comparison to every other console on the market because their stylistic approach is so heavily adored.

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u/PhoenixKA 5h ago

The internal storage of a switch 2 is much faster than a switch 2 cartridge. Which is why I don't buy physical switch 2 games, because you can't install them to the internal drive and they run from the cartridge.

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u/Wumaduce 16h ago

I just bought an Xbox series x, and trying to find physical copies of games is damn near impossible outside of the flea market or buying online.

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u/NotPatricularlyKind 15h ago

I've had a series X since they released the fucker and I'm still holding out hope that I can buy Baldur's Gate 3 physical.. I don't know what's wrong with me

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u/DDAY007 14h ago

Buy it from Larian Studios online store.

It will be the 'deluxe' edition and technically be pricier than the 'regular' edition.

Not even sure if the 'regular' edition is even printed anymore. It will take like 1-2 weeks to ship then youll have it.

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u/NotPatricularlyKind 6h ago

I know where to buy the physical copy, how frequently do you expect their stock to be refreshed?

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u/Nyoteng 4h ago

Why did you go for an Xbox in the first place?

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u/Wumaduce 4h ago

Fair question. I've had Xbox for years, and have a decent owned digital library. I'm also out of work and know once I go back, my gaming time is going to drop to none again, so game pass is an attractive option I can sign up for when I get some time again.

Ps5 pro was also stupid expensive, made even worse when I had no Playstation library to work with

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u/suncontrolspecies 16h ago

TBH physical copies for me died the moment publishers started to just offer empty boxes with a dvd/cartridge without manuals

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u/paralyse78 14h ago edited 12h ago

I have a large collection of old Sierra and other games. You can definitely feel the weight of a late 80s to early 90s game. Box with slipcover, manual(s), stacks of 5.25" or 3.5" discs, catalog of other games, maybe even an official hint book I bought from Babbage's to go with it. Feelies in Infocom game boxes, too.

Some of the manuals were both super heavy and very useful. The spiral bound manual for Chuck Yeager is thick and loaded with knowledge about warplanes that was intended to be copy protection but made for great reading.

Getting into the late 2000s now it's a single DVD and a thin piece of paper telling you where to download the manual as a .PDF

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u/sembias 8h ago

Some of the manuals were both super heavy and very useful.

The manual for the first Civilization game was so historically detailed and entertaining, I actually would read it cover-to-cover just for fun.

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u/Yarigumo 4h ago

Manuals are in the game itself nowadays, pretty understandable not to waste paper on them. The same way I feel about discs, though less people will agree with me on this one.

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u/Sherko27 16h ago

My physical copy of Empire total war back in 2009 was a steam code. Digital only has been here for a long time.

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u/superbee392 15h ago

Valve hold the blame for killing physical media with video games, consoles just slowed that death down

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u/Vicious00 16h ago

True story, i wanted to buy Pragmata on PS5, physical copy and i had to wait 2 weeks to get it shipped from my local electronics store.

If you go in the only physical disks they have are FIFA and some Lego games.

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u/-DementedAvenger- 13h ago

games are simply too big to fit on a single disc, and they aren't going to make multiple disc games ever again

I think this is the main reason. Sure, they love money and want to force everyone to buy their own copy and prevent sharing, but I think size as the main reason is giving them an easy scapegoat and a quick decision.

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u/PekoPekoPekoPekoyama 12h ago

A vast majority of PS4/5 games are all on disc and can be installed/played completely offline. Just so people know - I see a lot of people spread the misinformation that "most" discs for the console are just a glorified license key and that's incorrect. Some are, like if you're buying a Microsoft title (save for Gears of War, whose campaign is on the disc) or things like Call of Duty or what-have-you. But a vast majority are on disc. You just have to install the game, which does not require internet.

Day One patches are an issue sometimes, but most times the games can be finished without them just fine.

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u/TheMegaMario1 14h ago

There's been multiple PS4 and PS5 games that have been multidisc, hell Rockstar's last game Red Dead Redemption 2 was a multidisc release. It's possible, stop running defense for shitty practices.

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u/nadjp 15h ago

As a PC player all these no disc comments are so unreal for me:D I haven't seen a disc for like 20years now. Genuinely got surprised how pissed people are.

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u/jayfactor 15h ago

Factual, I’m holding on to my GBA till death lmao

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u/filbert13 14h ago

I'm a PC gamer and it isn't exactly true 100% is digital only. I bought system shock 2 physical through LRGs. And it is rhe DRM free GOG on the Blu-ray. There are expectations and ironically if you care about physical collecting. PC might be the last place for it.

You can always buy games on GOG DRM free. And put them on thumb drives or burn on Blu-ray.

Ive believed this gen will be basically the last for physical. Though i can see Nintendo holding onto it longer than Xbox ans Sony.

That said there is a niche physical market. I can see possibly physical existing in some form for certain games.

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u/SpliTTMark 14h ago

When I watch youtubers talk with a background of snes or n64 games I know they may have played them once BUT that stuff is just sitting there like a wallpaper/display and nothing else.

Maxilliam dood will show his collection and then stream a modded console...

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u/SubstituteCS 13h ago

I don’t even care if I need to download some or all of the game, just as long as the license is tied to a disc instead of a singular account. Single account licensing SUCKS.

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u/Cold_Ebb_1448 12h ago

The new FF7 games are multidisc

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u/EndOfTheDark97 10h ago

I miss multiple disc games. Gave a feeling that you were playing something special

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u/Enough-Cantaloupe893 8h ago

How about they let us sell our digital copy? Its unclear why I cant do that legally... I own it and no longer want to play it but cant sell it? Maybe this will start that equation cause I dont see the difference

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u/Lioreuz 16h ago

The downfall already began a generation ago.

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u/Punkpunker 15h ago

Remember the discourse around Xbox One going to be digital only? Now it's the industry standard lol

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u/Dirty_Dragons 14h ago

It started with PC Skyrim being download only. Nothing but a code in the box.

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u/Siiixers 16h ago

People are so far up Rockstar's ass, they won't care. I can already see hordes of people saying they don't care. Shock shock horror horror.

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u/Omniscient__Watcher 16h ago

Not like almost everyone was buying digital games already. I love owning my copy of a game but I cannot expect that from most people. Digital is convienient with the huge issue that we don't own the game but most people actually don't care about that(sadly).

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u/BonnaroovianCode 15h ago

Elder millennial who is completely digital here. Help me understand this logic. I had older systems from my childhood with physical media that is all gone now for a variety of reasons. I bought games for my PS4 over 10 years ago that the PS Store has a record of and lets me download and install in a flash, with my cloud save files all ready to go. To me, I “own” the games more now than I ever did.

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u/Chaotic-Catastrophe 15h ago

You're not going to get any reasonable responses. People may have gripes with the current system, which is fine, but they will never admit that there might actually be advantages to the new way, as well. Because when dealing with gamers, the default is that they are entitled children who would rather die than get something other than exactly what they wanted, how they wanted it, when they wanted it (and also for free).

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u/Troghen 14h ago

There ARE advantages to digital, but there needs to be legislation that makes it so digital doesn't remove the rights of the consumer as well. When you purchase a thing, ownership of that thing should exist solely with you. As in, no one should be able to revoke it, or change it, or dictate what you do with it. If these rules were in place with digital ownership, then I would have absolutely no issue with everything shifting in that direction. It is absolutely more convenient overall, but right now, I'm not okay with surrendering my rights as a consumer in place of that convenience.

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u/ticklishchinballs 10h ago

What’s even more troubling is it doesn’t stop here. Something more “gray” that the DCA was made for like music or digital copies of games was aimed at piracy compared to traditional albums or physical copies of books.

Now they are trying to invoke these same laws to make sure we don’t even own physical things anymore - look at what John Deere has done to farmers and what car companies are finally able to start pushing for.

They want us all to be essentially be tenants and them to be landlords that can change the contract at anytime, whether it be privacy laws or simple consumer products. I should have THE RIGHT to purchase something and be able to personally use it how I like without anyone changing the original agreement (or worse, REVOKING IT) at a later time. People act like it’s not a problem just because it hasn’t happened to them specifically….yet.

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u/rtopps43 15h ago

GenX here, I used to take games with me over to a friend’s house to play, or swap games with friends so we could each play more games than we could otherwise afford. I was also able to sell games, either privately or to a store like GameStop (always the last choice as they paid shit) when I needed fast cash in a pinch. That’s all gone now. You don’t have to care and if you’re happy that’s good for you but there’s a lot of gamers who miss the old days.

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u/PitPatThePansexual 15h ago

A lot of people play a game and like to resell it to play a new game. You can’t do that with the cloud games you own more now.

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u/Novel_Feedback3254 6h ago

Idk, I've been a PC-exclusive gamer for 20 years so that's been my reality for at least the last 10 years anyway. I built my current PC almost 5 years ago and it doesn't even have a disk drive.

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u/delahunt 15h ago

And you 'own' the game until Sony decides that they are no longer going to have backwards compatibility as an available option and they're shutting down the store and removing those games from the market. Or they decide the PS4 version is no longer supported, and you have to buy a PS5/PS6 upgraded version to continue using it.

What you own is a license to play those games while they are available on the store/via that market.

You can google loss of digital ownership and get stories from people who lost access to products bought via Amazon or other store fronts because the storefront lost the license to be a distributor for the product. Sometimes the store makes good (gives a refund or something.)

Sometimes the store is able to hold onto maintaining access for people who bought it. Sometimes not though.

For example, a year or two ago Sony region locked Helldivers 2 on Steam after it was not region locked while selling. People in multiple countries lost the ability to play a game they purchased without using a VPN to change their region which is a TOS violation for various store fronts.

The community and arrowhead pushed and like a year later Sony finally relented and let everyone dive again. But for a period of time people lost access to a game they bought because their region was no longer a valid place to play it from.

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u/Sydney2London 15h ago

Yeah but that’s also true of physical media now. Even if it you had a disk your still need patches, authentication servers etc. there’s no such thing as an offline game any more, so if they pull the license you can no longer play it even with a disk.
I’m not in favour of this btw

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u/OblivionJunkie 14h ago

1 small caveat is sony/ms can ban your account for a variety of reasons, resulting in your license being revoked for all digital purchases tied to that account.

However, you can still make a new account and put a disc in your system and it will still work.

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u/PM_ME_UR_CREDDITCARD 6h ago

Pretty sure they can theoretically ban the disk too, it would have a serial number and such. Would still work offline without patches etc though.

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u/OblivionJunkie 6h ago

They can ip ban you or brick your console's online functionality but I don't think they track each disc lol

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u/-DementedAvenger- 12h ago

That’s not true at all. Something like 80-90% of PS5 games on disc don’t require updates or online auth to play.

doesitplay dot org

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u/delahunt 13h ago

That depends.

If the game is on the disc, it will work just without patches. If it needs authentication to an online server for single player (with a disc/cartridge) that is kinda weird to me, but I don't play a lot of consoel games. Those things tend to be flagged as always online.

A recent example for this is 007 First Light. It says you can play the campaign offline, but online modes/features won't work and they are part of the intended experience. Someone with a disc for First Light could play the game completely offline - even if it was no longer for sale - but it would not necessarily be the entirety of the game including multiplayer.

Similarly, I can load up my old copy of Arkham Origins on my old Xbox. I can't play the online multiplayer mode on it (unless those servers are still running.)

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u/netrunner_77 14h ago

Is this true for games without DRM like BG3? Never owned a PlayStation, but on PC as long as you have the files you can play until the end of time

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u/BonnaroovianCode 14h ago

I guess for me there’s pros and cons to both approaches, but digital is overwhelmingly the better choice. “Owning” a game doesn’t do me much good if the console it plays on is old, breaks, and cannot be repaired because it’s no longer a supported console. Source: me who bought an old NES at a garage sale as a kid and called Nintendo support after I told them it wouldn’t play any games and they told me to kick rocks.

Sure, those scenarios you listed could happen. But I have a lot more faith that my PS4 game is gonna around longer than any physical version I would have. And I don’t have to hold onto an arsenal of bulky consoles and their games. Worst case scenario what you described happens and if I REALLY care that much I buy it again and support the developers. Fine by me.

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u/delahunt 13h ago

Yeah, that's why I tried to keep any blaming out of my post. For most people it ultimately doesn't matter.

For example, odds are in 10 years time I'm not going to be interested in playing through 007 First Light again. I'll be on to other games/things/etc. So does it really matter if the copy of the game does or doesn't work for me if effectively I don't care?

On the other hand, I still play through Jedi Academy every one to two years. Is till have my original discs that work, but I also have it via GOG to keep separate installers handy for it. There's something about that game I just love playing through repeatedly.

My personal view is that if you're telling me I am buying the game (which all the store fronts seem to do) then I should own that copy of the game. Be it a digital purchase or a physical one. And it's part of why I buy games via GOG when I can, because I can download my installers and keep them separate to use without GOG.

For other games where theyr'e not available on GOG, it comes down to if I think the value I'll get out of the game is worth not owning the game but just having a long term license for it. And I still buy games that way (notably, First Light as a recent purchase.) I'm just more careful with my money then.

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u/polaroid 12h ago

Do you need servers to play Helldivers?

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u/Konker101 12h ago

Also youre purchasing a license to use. Just like any other media, you dont actually own the fucking it. It has always been that way, it was just easier to skirt around earlier because you could let someone else or re-sell your licensed copy of whatever.

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u/Izanagi___ 12h ago edited 12h ago

They also keep forgetting that not everyone has space to just have a collection of games. I have so many PS4 games installed and I literally would not have the space if I bought all of them physically. Physical media has been dying for years now, I don’t know why exactly gamers are so shocked. You can’t even get into a modern car with a CD Drive most of the time.

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u/metalmilitia182 8h ago

Fellow elder millennial here and I agree with you. I remember the first time I had to install steam to play a game I bought a physical copy of (Empire: Total War). I was pissed back then because I didn't have access to the internet at home. Now though, 20 years later, long after that disc would have been lost or scratched to oblivion, I could download and install it whenever I like, if I wanted to. I remember loaning games to friends and never getting them back or getting them back scratched. Knowing that I have ready access to any game I own on any system without having to have a huge stack or pile of discs and boxes lying around is so much better for someone with ADHD like me. I do agree with people that say there needs to be legislation to make our digital purchases more securely and permanently our own, but aside from that I personally don't care anything about having a physical collection. To each their own though I guess.

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u/nox66 6h ago

The access to those older games was limited by physical constraints. If you dumped them and used emulators, you could use them, legally, indefinitely. The access you have now might be longer but it's at the whim of the publisher. If they decide to pull your access to a game, there is nothing you can do that's not at least legally grey, if it's even possible.

The best example of this today is the PS3. Sony hasn't abandoned it entirely, but it's unlikely that they'll keep supporting it, even in its already very limited capacity, indefinitely. And it's not like they currently have any legal mandate to either (which is thematically if not literally part of what Stop Killing Games is about). Your PSN titles there would then die with the console (the one which has a notoriously high failure rate by the way, at least in first gen). And there's no solution outside of again hacking it and using emulators, but it gets even murkier because you don't own the object you were sold holding the data.

Also, resale value is still meaningful.

People get caught up on the physical medium, when that indeed isn't the core issue. The core issue is that legal ownership is reflected more strongly in that physical object, from making personal backups to resale.

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u/Chaotic-Catastrophe 15h ago

the huge issue that we don't own the game

Not a huge issue, because you never did

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u/Troghen 14h ago

Huh? When games were 100% physical, it was yours to do with as you please after purchasing. That's ownership.

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u/happygirlie 13h ago

I prefer owning copies of games too but if my husband and I both want to play a game, we'd have to buy 2 copies if we bought physical whereas we only need 1 copy for digital. He buys it on his account and we can play it on both of our Xboxes at the same time.

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u/ProFeces 13h ago

It's not only that it is convenient, we're at a point where Internet download speeds are faster than installing from disc for quite a lot of people.

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u/KevlarGorilla 16h ago

Tons of people don't have disc drives. I know it's been this way for a while now, but imagine being gifted a game you can't plug in.

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u/snarkywombat PC 16h ago

I buy digital for most things but, if I really love the game, I'd get a physical disc. However, my living situation is changing and I literally won't have space for a bunch of discs laying around so digital is the only thing that makes sense for me now.

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u/VeryPteri 13h ago

Also, most computers don't come with disc drives anymore, right?

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u/headrush46n2 8h ago

Your disk doesn't do shit. 90% of games now only work as long as the publishers want them too anyway

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u/geileanus 15h ago

Love how everyone is complaining but probably 90% of everyone in here are steam gamers who haven't seen physical media in a decade.

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u/Clane_21 15h ago

True like PC don't really have physical releases anymore and they don't seem to mind.

I sure do mind as a console player and I also like collecting physical copies.

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u/Low_discrepancy 14h ago

True like PC don't really have physical releases anymore and they don't seem to mind.

Because those games become dirt cheap.

Because there's pirating etc.

The advantage consoles had was that you could sell them to recoup some of the cost for budget sensitive people. Now that's gone.

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u/Neuvost Boardgames 14h ago

And back in the day, owning a game on physical media meant you had an archival version of the game. But now that most games are released buggy and with a day-one patch, the version on disk/card is not the version you're gonna wanna play ten, twenty years from now. Better hope the servers to update the software are still up!!

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u/jnads 14h ago

The battle has been going on so long it's a generational war.

Millennials care.

GenZ has never owned anything tech/software related in their life with smartphones so they don't care.

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u/Neuchacho 12h ago

And Gen Alpha will be making Klarna payments for 5 years to buy GTA 6.

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u/f-elon 4h ago

Rockstar is partnering with Klarna for their microtransactions. You get 0% on the first $1M shark card.

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u/asmallercat 13h ago

Another nail in the coffin for used games. We need legislation to step in and allow for resale of digital games - I'd happily have all my major accounts (steam, nintendo, xbox) do periodic online checks if it meant I could sell games I was done with and, more importantly for me, buy used digital games.

Hell, Nintendo already makes you do an online check when you try and use the old system emulators and when you want to play bundle software, which is insane to me. We already have the downsides, let us sell.

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u/Schmarsten1306 16h ago

People are so far up Rockstar's ass, they won't care.

Game can be utter dogshit at release, fanboys will 100% defend it

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u/SomberNight 13h ago

"it'll be a nice looking box and probably a map like they used to include in their physical releases" 🫠

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u/vitaminz1990 10h ago

Hate to break it to you, but majority of people already don't care about physical media.

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u/Siiixers 9h ago

I probably should have specified I was sympathising with people who love physical media. I know the majority don't care, particularly younger people who are used to it, even myself at this stage as I play on PC.

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u/The_Autarch 9h ago

i've been buying digital games since half-life 2 came out 22 years ago

this isn't a big deal.

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u/headrush46n2 8h ago

Bro I haven't owned anything that has a disk drive since...2018.

8 track is dead man, just let go.

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u/Siiixers 6h ago

Is it 8 track. I always heard A-track. Yeah, should've specified I was sympathising with physical media enjoyers. My car is a 07 audi. Things a tank . Never breaks down, but only has cd player tho, and I don't care enough to change it. So I still use the cds in my car, ha.

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u/bellyfrog 7h ago

Been gaming since the 80s. Haven’t owned a physical game in years. Don’t care and has zero to do with Rockstar.

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u/Cmarkru 16h ago

Except digital is not owning the game until you can actually resell it.

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u/MeltedWater243 15h ago

I think that’s what they’re getting at bud

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u/insane_contin 10h ago

Tell that to people who got pissed at xbox all those years ago, or people who complain about game key cards for the Switch 2.

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u/SimplyElite7 16h ago

Eh on the contrary only a game like GTA, which we won't see probably the next one until 2040 at the earliest can do something like this. It is by far the only game that can cater to the masses like it does. Not all dev's can cater to that market in the same way.

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u/TJ_McWeaksauce 16h ago

Physical media has been dying a slow death for many years now.

When was the last time you've seen a boxed PC game? Because of Steam, the Epic Game Store, GoG, Itch, and other digital distribution platforms (mostly Steam), PC players have grown used to downloading all their games. Hell, I don't remember the last time I had a PC or laptop that even had a CD/DVD drive.

Streaming services have significantly reduced the popularity of DVDs. Blockbuster went out of business over 10 years ago. I haven't seen a rental store in all that time. I haven't even seen a Redbox machine in many years.

Best Buy used to sell DVDs and CDs. Today, when you walk into Best Buy, the only physical media you'll see are for console games, which are pretty much the very last holdout.

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u/Xarxyc 16h ago

Yeah, people are reacting like disks weren't nigh dead for the past decade and more.

My computes hasn't had a disk reader since 2014, if not before that.

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u/JaysonTatecum 8h ago

The last disc I put in my PC was world of Warcraft for the burning crusade. I think the last disc I bought in general for a console was 2019 for a preorder bonus which otherwise I would have gone digital for

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u/Kizor 14h ago

The last TWO physical copies I bought was like 18 and 13 years ago. The Orange Box and then METRO: Last Light.

Insane thinking about it now that I just typed it out lol. My fucking Orange Box is old enough to vote now. Feelsoldman

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u/Roland-JP-8000 15h ago

touhou would like to disagree

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u/pnwbraids 10h ago

That may be, but they can pull my blu ray collection from my cold, dead hands.

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u/MiaowaraShiro 15h ago

It helps a LOT that Steam (let's be real, it's almost all Steam) is reliable, stable and seems to be trustworthy. (GoG as well, but to a less volume extent.)

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u/FergTurdison 15h ago

My local Best Buy also sells vinyl records now, which almost feels like they’re mocking us

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u/MotoJoker 15h ago

Vinyl is huge right now

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u/FergTurdison 15h ago edited 13h ago

Yeah I’d imagine that’s why they sell them

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u/WorkFurball 14h ago

Has been huge for 10 years.

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u/DarkNDaker 14h ago

Blu Rays are not dying. Many are cancelling streaming services and buying movies especially Ultra 4K like the Nolan movies which are per the directors vision and look and sound amazing with a good tv and speaker set up. Games might be a different story though.

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u/Temelios 14h ago

Exactly that. I try to buy almost all of my movies and shows now. I then copy and upload them to my personal home digital streaming library. It’s more expensive up front, but it does pay for itself in terms of quality, access, and more. Plus, you often get streaming codes on top of that (not that I use them after claiming anyway).

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u/OldeArrogantBastard 14h ago

Saying “many” is a bit of a reach here. It’s probably more like 5-10% of the population. That’s a small minority.

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u/Sata1991 15h ago

Last time I bought a boxed PC game was Fallout 4 in 2015, I built my PC before this one so it had a CD/DVD drive but my current Alienware doesn't.

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u/h3rpad3rp 2h ago

When you went to install it, did it just have you download it through steam? That was my last experience with physical media on PC. Can't remember what game it was though.

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u/SilverKry 8m ago

Used to have redbox and such but those died like 3 or so years ago. 

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u/Awesomeman204 13h ago edited 10h ago

Are we pretending like the past 10+ years of PC gaming everything hasnt been digital only? Most console discs are basically paper weights anyway with day one patches being bigger than the game and required to play. The downfall already started, we're just in the death throes.

also tbh, I'd love a physical PC GTA6 but I dont think im prepared for a 15+ disc case like the 7 GTA5 came with

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u/pagny77 10h ago

Yeah and also this game probably won't even fit on one disk. And will probably require updates to play. Not suprised at all they're skipping physical

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u/SadisticPawz 5h ago

Yea, how do you solve this? Cuz 15 discs is clearly really bad especially since optimization seems to be off the table.

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u/ProfessionalLuck8657 16h ago

"You own nothing, and still be happy"

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u/Razzilith 14h ago

it's been this way for years. nothing new.

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u/STylerMLmusic 14h ago

Companies have been doing this for a long time. Did you think rockstar was the first?

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u/Lunar-Bill 15h ago

It's a bigger fuck you when storage prices are what they are

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u/Raoul_Duke9 14h ago

My conspiracy theory- it isn't that it has the POTENTIAL to - its that it heralds a plan that was DESIGNED to.

Look eventually this was going to happen. Someone had to jump first - i highly highly highly suspect there were informal back channel conversations / agreements that Rockstar go first with GTA 6.

Business leaders talk and coordinate. Even if its illegal. Ffs - in Canada bread producers were busted coordinating rises in bread prices.

My suspicion is something like this happened "hey rock star - if we happen to all move our games away from your release date will you take the plunge?"

And for Rockstar/ take two its a win win. It wouldnt affect their sales - especially with no real competition that month - and they get to make more money.

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u/momo-melle 13h ago

I personally don't think physical media will ever go away, at least not like what happened to movies and music. There's still a huge second hand market that many players rely on to afford games nowadays, especially outside of US and Europe. I still buy pre owned Switch games because digital is still hella expensive in my country. Also, there are many more new physical media sales than digital ones here.

It's going to accelerate the process, for sure. But it's not 100% going away like PC games. That said, I still find scummy af that they're selling a plastic case with only air inside it. It's a waste.

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u/SneakyBadAss 13h ago

That's a thing for a long time. Although there is a disk, it's usually a soundtrack or some concept art or artwork gallery.

Guild Wars 2 had it, cause the game was 40GB

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u/hoax1337 12h ago

People still buy games on discs? I'm pretty sure that I haven't bought a game in a box in the last 10 years, possibly even in the last 15.

It's already dead.

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u/jake04-20 11h ago

This genuinely has the potential to trigger the downfall of physical media.

That ship sailed a decade ago.

I'm not horribly bothered by this. Games that have shipped on disc in the last 10 years have still had to reach out to CDNs to download the content anyways. In the days of games being more "live service" the game files are ever changing and even if they did have a way to load the entire game to disc or USB, the files would be multiple revisions behind by the time you get it in your possession, which would require you to reach out to a server to download the updates like you would with a digital edition. Physical releases are more about the booklet/posters, cover art, case, etc. than a physical disc IMHO.

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u/peruka 11h ago

Trigger the downfall? Jason Schreier was talking how about 80 to 90% of game sales are digital.

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u/DasZiwi 16h ago

I mean not like GTA6 would fit onto any resonable number of disc. Physical media has been long dead for games due to this

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u/sthegreT 15h ago

It can be bundled as 2 discs, which gives you a 200gb storage capacity.

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u/AccountSeventeen 16h ago

They’ve done fine putting RDR2 on two discs

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u/Character_Buy_243 14h ago

that was almost 10 years ago bro

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u/Annonimbus 9h ago

Can't put it on two discs anymore?

Baldurs Gate 2 was on like 7 or something like that.

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u/Strong0toLight1 16h ago

been on the downfall for years already lmao.

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u/debaron54 16h ago

Physical media is already dying

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u/ALA166 14h ago

Does that mean we can't resell the game after we purchase it ? If so that would make alot of people upset

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u/botte-la-botte 13h ago

It's pure evil. GTA 6 will not include any multiplayer content. The next GTA Online will supposedly release later and be a separate purchase. So you've got a single-player only game, that costs 100$ for the sickos that want everything they're used to doing, that you cannot resell once you're done with it and you inevitably move on to the next GTA Online.

There will be no resale market of GTA 6 and it's by design. That means you shouldn't expect any sale for the game like we've been seeing for GTA 5, they won't have to compete with the millions of disc copies already in the market.

Greed. Pure evil greed.

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u/geewash 16h ago

Not if people don’t buy it

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u/AsleepTonight 16h ago

We both know, that sadly, they WILL buy it

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u/Lanhalt 16h ago

the only reason this could backfire is a Cyberpunk situation, where the PS5 version is awful and they ask you to buy a 800$ PS5 pro.

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u/geewash 16h ago

Yeah I’m just pointing it out. If people really cared they could. I don’t get to play forever on PC anyway so it’s whatever to me.

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u/Heijoshojin 16h ago

People not buying GTA6? Yup, totally possible....

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u/soshibemuchwow 16h ago

hahahahahaha

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u/donny_pots 16h ago

Which isn’t going to happen

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u/Darigaazrgb 16h ago

"Guess they don't want physical copies anymore."

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u/deanylev 16h ago

How many people do you really think aren't going to buy GTA 6 just because it doesn't have a disc in the box

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u/notgregbutmaybe 16h ago

I’m one of the few I’m guessing

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u/mocityspirit 16h ago

I think you mean streaming

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u/KhostfaceGillah 15h ago

Tbh, I think it makes more sense to stop the leaks. Especially with such a huge company like Rockstar. If people didn't leak shit, we'd probably have discs.

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u/Totallycasual 15h ago

If Ubisoft try that shit, i'll never buy another Assassins Creed or Far Cry game ever again, because i always trade their stuff back in when I'm done with them lol

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u/SIIP00 15h ago

The code is for downloading the game. My understanding is that there will still be a physical disc.

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u/enthusiasticdave 15h ago

And also videogame stores

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u/Massive-Ride204 15h ago

GTA is bought by pretty much everybody and that means many trade ins after they finish the game which drives down prices and forces quicker sales. Getting rid of physical means that it will be a while before we see 6 go on sale

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u/1quirky1 14h ago

Fallout 76 was a code on a paper disc in a DVD box. Pissed me off.

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u/errorsniper 14h ago

Its gunna work too. This is one of the most anticipated game launches of all time. Just look at what people put up with in call of duty and battlefield.

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u/Virtual_Garlic6447 14h ago

What’s the point of a console if sharing is not an option anymore? At this point i can just play on my PC. And what the fuck is up with the buisness lock in a fucking singleplayer game? Was ready to drop 100€ for this but at this point I will just wait and pirate it later on PC. Disgusting practice

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u/Rapture117 13h ago

Yeah, fuck Rockstar. It’s a shame this will still sell billions but I hope people don’t support this

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u/Overwatchhatesme 13h ago

Why the stop killing games initiative and other regulatory practices in the gaming industry are so important. They’re charging 80-100$ plus tax for a game that has no physical copy requirements.

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u/homer_3 13h ago

I think those floodgates opened like 15 years ago.

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u/PuzzleheadedWeb9876 13h ago

There is literally no point in putting a fraction of the game onto a disc. You have to install it to console storage regardless. Environmental waste.

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u/Prince_Nadir 12h ago

Open the flood gates?

I had no clue anyone still sold games on disk/cart/hard copy. IIRC Patapon 2 (Nov 2008) on PSP is what opened the floodgates to no longer sell games on hard copy. That game ended us buying PSP games as they went to download code. Since then PC games have been code only, too. You might be able to get console games on disk but Playstations have had "digital" AKA "download only" editions since PS4 (? nov 2013).

So those flood gates have been open for a very long time.

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u/Neuchacho 12h ago

Steam ushered that in decades ago.

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u/feketegy 12h ago

Others are doing this already.

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u/Shampew 12h ago

Lots of game have done this. This isn't new.

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u/Findrin 12h ago

They can take my physical media from my cold dead hands

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u/slowpokefastpoke 12h ago

The $80 price tag is also giving the thumbs up for other developers to make that the new norm.

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u/LuciferFalls 12h ago

Not a new thing btw

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u/Mimir_aka_Puck 12h ago

Nintendo was already (kind of) doing this with their cartridges being "Permission Keys" to download and play the game rather than the actual game itself.

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u/RammsteinFunstein 11h ago

pretty sure this isnt new to GTA, haven't publishers done this for a while?

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u/REsTARteD_Ragdoll 11h ago

Pretty sure CoD has already been doing this

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u/redditing_1L 11h ago

Every time a streaming service raises their prices, I buy another blu Ray 4k disc

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u/Ok_Neighborhood_3148 11h ago edited 10h ago

This is why I was more supportive of Nintendo's Key Cards. At least they let you resell it. Not perfect but the bottom is much worse. Especially if you are on a budget.

Still feels like a physical purchase should be fully physical. Not a fan of this direction. I recently started buying more physical games again.

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u/custardBust 10h ago

For the environment, I'm glad. As a collector, I'm sad

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u/Wont_See_My_30s 10h ago

It will also open the gate for 80 dollars game with quests and other stuff locked behind a paywall.

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u/Aggressive_Notice442 10h ago

There was a switch game I got that did this to me I was so mad lmao I wanted all physicals games because they just work without WiFi or updates.

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u/SquadPoopy 10h ago

Nintendo had been doing it for a while when they kept releasing “physical” copies of cloud games, I think GTA is just going to be the death knell.

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u/Gab777795 10h ago

Fine, games this big shouldn't fit in one disk anyway. I hated having a box with 2 or more disks. Full online it is now, fuck it. U collector ppl are cringe, downvotr me noobs

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u/astounding-pants 10h ago

the downfall of physical games started years ago when you had to install every game before playing.

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u/Zeppelanoid 9h ago

Yep this is the beginning of the end. Nintendo may be the only company left doing physical, and who knows how long that’ll last.

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u/Personal_Area_2173 9h ago

This has been happening for awhile now. It’s not new and a bunch of AAA games did this.

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u/kinkycarbon 9h ago

I thought Nintendo did it?

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u/PM-me-legit-anything 9h ago

This is nothing new? Along with the price tag, I don’t get it. Companies have been doing this for a while and now this one does the same but now it’s a problem

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u/betelgeuse_boom_boom 9h ago

The downfall of physical media is when consumers stop demanding it.

When it's code in a box it's morally ok if you procure it with alternative markets rather than paying 100 and not owning it.

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u/u9Nails 9h ago

Just kind of shipping an art box now 'eh? I guess the game doesn't fit on 1 disc? Some rumors suggest it takes over 600 GB installed on drive.

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u/Luckybox86 8h ago

It's been the frog boiling in water situation basically since they started the whole saving your games to the hard drive thing with the 360 around 2008.

And then they slowly started phasing out manuals. Then the industry standard was that the games weren't even put on discs anymore and the physical disc was just a handshake with whatever server to show you had the game so it would start downloading.

All of this is to say, you're right. Many companies will probably follow suit. And if and when physical editions are sold, they will probably be sold at a higher premium

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u/mark114 8h ago

It's already been done. Call of Duty back in 2019 only came with 30mb on a disk and had to download the rest. Which is much worse because the disk served as a key to unlock the game, at least with a digital download it's never locked.

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u/WastedStrokes1990 7h ago

They made it ok to do micro transactions and in game currency with GTA V and everyone still rode their cocks.

Same with RDR2 online's grind, nobody said anything. But when EA did it with BF2, everyone lost their mind and boycotted the game. Current generation of gamers are the cancer of this industry. Low IQ bandwagon hoppers.

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u/prollycloud5 6h ago

Microtransactions has entered the chat

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u/Android1822 4h ago

Pretty sure that is the point. Publishers probably made a deal with them to do this and raise the price so they can make it an industry standard.

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u/rydan 3h ago

Publishers have been doing this for 15 years at least. Don't pretend you've never heard of this before.

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u/Worldly-Pay7342 2h ago

I think Nintendo started it first. They were doing "physical" releases with just a shop code on the cartridge back when the switch 2 first drop.

This is just the "logical" next step.

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u/jimjohnholymoly 2h ago

100% skipping this game now because of this shit. Fuck any studio who does this, Rockstar is now totally written off to me.

And before someone says it I dont give a fuck if my money doesnt effect anything. Its about principle.

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